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EASEL (No Model.)

No. 518,544. Patented Apr. 17. 1894.

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EASEL. No. 518,544. Patented Apr. 17, 1894.

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GEORGE FAIN T, OF INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA.

EASEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,544, dated April17, 1894.

Application filed July 20, 1393- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FAINT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indiana, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements 'in Easels; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of this invention. Fig. 2, is a rearelevation in detail to show the weight and its connections. Fig.

3, is a detail in perspective from the rear of one of the rails, showingweight and its cord. Fig. 4 is a section on horizontal line through theweight and side rails of the ease]. Fig.

=5, is a detail of bent wire at upper part of frame. Fig. 6, is a viewshowing two weights.

This invention belongs to the class of devices known as easels which aredesigned. more particularly for artists use in studio work, but areperfectly well adapted for use in parlors and such other places wherepictures are to be displayed.

The novelty in the present instance consists in the counterbalancedweight whereby the movable shelf on which the picture rests can beeasily adjusted at any desired height; in the means for securing thepicture to and on the easel; and in the general structure andcombination of the several parts, all as will now be more clearlydescribed as well as pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings A, denotes the easel, which except asmodified in the present instance, may be of any ordinary structure. Ithas the hinged brace A, and cross bars a, a, uniting the side rail a, a.On the inside edge each of these rails is grooved at a a and in thegrooves a the tongues Z), on the outside edges of the sliding frame B,are designed to fit and move. This sliding piece has the usual verticalconnecting strip 1).

On the lower edge of the frame is the shelf B, sustained on brackets, orin any convenient way and, if preferred, slightly inclined upward, andwhich may extend across in front of the side rails a, of the easel. Thepin points 17 as many as are needed, extend up Serial No. 481,011. (Nomodel.)

from the surface of the shell and are designed for the lower edge of thestretcher to be pressed upon to hold it in position. The bent wire 0,passes around the vertical strip 1), while its ends extend forward ateach side of the same and it is placed in any desired position on thisstrip according to the size of the stretcher or painting. These ends arepointed and are designed to enter the top of the stretcher. Thus by thepins 6 and the ends of this wire 0, the stretcher is fixed firmly uponthe shelf. In many instances this wire will hold the stretcher orpicture without the use of the pins.

The shelf can be easily set in any desired position by means of thecounter-balance weight D. This is preferablya metal bar extending acrossthe back of the easel, and having a tongue cl, at each end which fitsinto the grooves a one in the side of each side rail and parallel withthe grooves a in which the tongued edges of the side rails of the framemove. This counter-balance is movable by means of the cords d, one endof each of which is tied to its side, while each cord passes up and overone of the pulleys or knobs E, secured near the top of the side rail andthence passing down and inside the weight is fastened at its lower endnear to the lower end of the side rail. Any jar or concussion by reasonof the passage-of the weight to the lower end of the grooves is almostentirely deadened by the rubbers or cushions F, placed at this point ineach groove.

By means of thumb screws G, which pass through the side rails, the framemay when desired, as when a heavy framed picture is on it, be fixed atany desired height. It will thus be seen that this easel is admirablywell adapted for artists use since even while he is holding a palette inone hand and a brush in the other, the picture on which he is at work,can by mere pressure from his closed hand be easily and quickly moved upor down to put it on exact position for his use, as the friction on thecord is sufficient to support a picture of any ordinary weight. Thisfacility in adjustment of the shelf is also of great value in exhibitingpictures since the picture can be so readily adjusted to any desiredplace up or down on the easel. An additional weight p i i Q 518,544;

D, can when necessary be placed on topof bent Wire attached to the upperpart of the the regular weight when working very heavy slidingfrarne,substantially as and for the pictures. I a purposes set forth.

What, I claim is-% v p 4.111 an, easel "n "conibination with the s I5 1. Inan easel, in combination with the slidgrooved sliding frame andthe counter-hal 2o ing frame having a shelf attached. to it, and anceweight having tongued ends, the rubber having tongued sides, the groovedsidevrails atthe base of the grooves in whichthe weight and thecounter-balanceWeight,'all snbstan- ,lnoves, V I p n,

I tiallyas described. In testimonywhereofIaftix my signaturein [O 2.Inan easel, as described,thecon1bination presence of two -witnesses,-- yi s of the sliding frame and the grooved side i a, r N

rails, with the counter-balance Weight having tongued ends,substantially, as set forth. Witnesses:

3. In an easel the combination of the shelf J. S. FLEMING,

15 having pin points in its upper face, with the HUGH S. THOMPSON.

